Paul Saint-Martin

Paul Jules Henri Saint-Martin (4 September 1901 – 15 June 1940) was a French politician, teacher, and activist. A member of SFIO, he was elected in 1936 to represent Gers's 1st constituency in the National Assembly. He joined the air force at the start of the Second World War and died in a training accident in 1940.

Life Born in 1901 in Simorre, Gers, Saint-Martin worked as a teacher and served as the assistant treasurer for the Gers section of the National Teachers' Union in 1922. He campaigned in the 1920s for SFIO. In the assembly, he promoted two bills relating to the provisions of military recruitment and the organization of the army reserves. He became an observer and was sent to train on bombers in Toulouse. He was 38 years old.